Thank you! That was the problem exactly... IIS was interpreting packages.cs as a C# file because of the .NET framework integration. We disabled this, and the install works fine now. I had only been looking at packages and packages.en because I thought they were the only ones being used in my installation, since it is all english. I'm still pretty new to SuSE, so I'm still learning what all the installtion files do and the ins and outs of the installation tree. Anyway, thanks again. Cordialmente, --fjs--

-----Original Message----- From: Meyers, Holger [mailto:Holger.Meyers@softservice.de] Sent: Tuesday, 08 November, 2005 01:33 To: Sanchez, Francisco J. Cc: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] AutoYaST SP2 weirdnes...

Hello,

I can not remember what I did excactly, but IIS requires modification of the servers Global MIME Types and (if ASP.NET is installed) the scripting support of the virtual server. Check the IIS log to locate the file which is not transfered (? packages.cs ?) and remove its extension from the IIS MIME type to stop IIS interpreting this file.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / kind regards SoftService GmbH

Holger Meyers Consulting

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From: Sanchez, Francisco J. [mailto:Francisco.Sanchez@unisys.com] Sent: Tue 08.11.2005 02:29 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Cc: suse-sles-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] AutoYaST SP2 weirdnes...

... some more troubleshooting:

i put my repository into a tarball, managed to get the tar.gz over to the w2k serve, and verified that the contents were the same as those on my linux machine, bit-for-bit, using MD5sum.exe. i unzipped/untarred the file, and put the contents in <install_dir>, but still was not able to use this repository. it failed at the same place as before, but with a slightly more detailed error message:

"Cannot read media description for /. Packages from this media cannot be installed."

and

"Cannot read media description for /yast/core9. Packages from this media cannot be installed."

so, i ran create_package_descr -x ./setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV on my linux machine, within the windows share where i untarred the installation tree. it only found 226 packages (as opposed to 1770 when used within the "golden" repository), and the installation aborted the same as before.

i don't have time to troubleshoot this immediately, but am posting just in case someone has an idea before i get back to the office on wednesday. Thanks for any help!!!

--fjs--

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-----Original Message----- From: Sanchez, Francisco J. [mailto:Francisco.Sanchez@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2005 16:25 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Cc: suse-sles-e@suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] AutoYaST SP2 weirdnes...

Hello, I have just created a SLES9-SP2 installation source manually for use as an http repository for automated installations. In order to create the installation repository, i created an installation dir (/install), mounted the necessary ISOs (sles9cd1, core9cd{1,2}, and sles9sp2cd{1,2}), and then used

rsync -auvvP /path/to/iso /install

to get all the necessary files into the repository. I then ran

create_package_descr -x ./setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV

from within the /install/suse directory in order to update the pacakge descritptions. Finally, i pointed to this directory within Yast, and used the "Autoinstallation" module to create an autoinst.xml file within /install/profiles/.

to test the installation, i made the repository available via apache, booted with a custom SP2-CD1 cd, and pointed the network installation (http) to my repository. i used the following linuxrc.config:

KernelPCMCIA: 1 UseUSBSCSI: 1 Product: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 SP2 UpdateDir: /linux/suse/i386-sles9 MemLoadImage: 163840 MinMemory: 256 MemYaST: 64000 MemYaSTText: 64000 Language: english Display: Color Keytable: us Install: http://<ip_addr>/install/ DHCP: 1 HostIP: Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Server: <ip_addr> Serverdir: /install/ Netdevice: eth0 insmod: 3c59x insmod: mii insmod: e100 insmod: e1000 Textmode: 1 AutoYast: http://<ip_addr>/install/

the installation worked just as i had hoped.

Now, the problem begins... I need to have this repository available via IIS from a windows 2000 server machine (not my choice, i am controlled by the paycheck-makers). So, i mounted the windows directory that is going to host the repository with samba, and then used rsync -auvvP to copy the repository to this windows share.

when i boot with the same cd (with a modified linuxrc.config to point the network installation to the windows web server), my installation fails. The installation begins fine, finds the control.xml and my autoinst.xml, but when it gets to the "Configure Software selections" it fails with the following error message

"Could not set base selection: default"

followed by

"Error while configuring software selections. Try again."

fwiw, i also reran YaST and pointed the installation to the mounted windows share, recreated the autoinst.xml, and saved it within <windows_share_install>/profiles/, but that did not work either. i also tried to using the option from with YaST to see the repository as a windows share, but that also fails.

I have searched high and low regarding these error messages, but have found nothing. Does anyone have any ideas that could help me out? THANK YOU!!!

--fjs--

-- Francisco J. Sanchez UNISYS // ESP: Preload Team

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